Combined bureau and bedstead



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GOMBINED'BUREAU AND BEDSTEADJ No. 305.985. Patented Sept. 30,1884.

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M. M. WAGNER.

COMBINED BUREAU AND BBDSTEAD.

No. 305,985. Patented Sept. 30, 188-4;

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-M. M; WAGNER. COMBINED BUREAU AND BBDSTBAD; 'No. 305,985. PatentedSept.-30, 1884.

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- M. M. WAGNER.

COMBINED BUREAU AND BEDSTEAD.

Patented Sept. 80, 1884.

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MARY M. VAGNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED BUREAU AND BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,985, datedSeptember 30, 1884.

- Application filed August 20, 1883. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it know that I, MARY M. WVAGNER, of thecity of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certainImprovements in a Oombined Bureau, Vriting-Table, and Folding orExtensible Bedstead, of which the followingis a specification.

1n the description of my said invention which follows reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which* 7Figure I is a front elevation of the invention. Figs. II and III arerespectively a vertical transverse section and an exterior side view ofthe same. Fig. -IV is a plan, and Figs. V and VI vertical sections, ofparts of the improvement. Figs. VII and VIII show particularly thecombination of the bedstead with the bureau, the bedstead beingextended. Fig. IX is a view of the bedstead folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

This piece of furnitureis essentially divided into four partsviz., acenter piece or compartment, A, having three drawers, a, there in; aright and a left wing, respectively, denoted by B and O, which areprovided with drawers, closets, .&c., and an upper center piece, D,having a wardrobe, mirror, drawer, and shelves, as hereinafter moreparticularly described.

The center piece, A, is covered. bya marble slab, b, and in itself doesnot differ materially from the center portion of an ordinary bureau.

The right wing, B, has a closet, c, adrawer, d, and a box, 0, having ahinged top, f, and a swinging front, 9, hinged to the said top. The box0 is designed to hold a wash-basin and pitcher and other articles of atoilet set when the said articles are not in use. (See Fig. VI.) Thecloset 0 may have one compartment only, or it can be divided by apartition, h, into two, as shown in Fig VI. This closet is designed tocontain other articles of the toilet-set, such as a supply-pitcher andslop-bucket.

The left wing, G, of the bureau has a plain drawer, i, and a seconddrawer, k, which is divided by partitions, and used to hold stationeryand writing materials generally.

The closet E in the left wing is to contain the bedstead F and mattressG when folded, and in order to give access to the folding bedstead forthe purpose of examination the closet E is provided with a front door,H. The

side of the closet E has folding doors Z, which, when opened, admit ofthe withdrawal of the bedstead F from the closet, as shown in Figs. VIIand VIII. By referring to these figures it will be seen that thebedstead, while being extensible in character, is not removable from thebureau proper, it being attached to a portion of the bureau by means ofextensible bars at, the ends of which play horizontally in a groove, in,therefor in the rear wall of the compartment, and in a horizontalgroove, in", in the head-board of the bed. (See Fig. VII.) Fig. IX showsthe bedstead and mattress folded as they will. appear when in the closetE, and viewed from the front when the door H is open- Beneath the drawer7; is a sliding board, whichis covered with cloth or leather, and to beused as a writingtable. (See Fig. V.)

I make no claim to the construction of the extensible bedstead, as itwill form the subject of another application, and merely show in thedrawings one that is applicable for the purpose.

The upper center piece, I), has a hinged mirror, n, which, when opened,discloses a wardrobe, 0. Beneath the mirror is a drawer, p, to be usedfor small articles. The upper center piece, D, terminates in anornamental cap, '2', and it has shelves 8 at the sides of the wardrobe.i I

It will be apparent that by arranging the bed so as to occupy only aportion of the width of the lower section of the structure the saidstructure can be used without the necessity of folding the bed withinthe base for that purpose. Moreover, the construction herein describedpermits the disposition of the structure in the corner of a room, so asto enable the bed when extended to occupy a position in close proximityto the wall without interfering with the ready approach to and use ofthe said structure.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with afurniture structurehaving a base section consisting of parallel divisions or compartmentsto which access may be had from the front of the structure, of a foldingbed having end supports, a lazy tongs connection between the rear of oneof the compartments and one end of said folding bed, as described,substantially as set forth. MARY M. XVAGNEB. lVitnesses:

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